Why does the HPV vaccine (for women) have a cut off age of 26?

That still seems like a young enough age to be vaccinated. Asked by orangecarebear77 46 months ago Similar questions: HPV vaccine women cut age 26 Health.

Similar questions: HPV vaccine women cut age 26.

There are two basic reasons for this.... 1) The idea is to get the stuff in the system before the female becomes sexually active and thus potentially exposed to HPV 2) It would be logistically impossible to have enough vaccine available for every sexually active female in the USA, let alone in all the countries the vaccine is available. It may be irritating, but the focus is on the statistical population on where there is the greatest potential for impact. I would expect in coming years that the age range will broaden.

I would suspect that you could get the vaccine as administered by your physician, if you were above 26 yrs (but not for kids younger than 9). I would also expect however that insurance plans that do pay for the vaccine within the age limits, would likely NOT pay for it if the person is older. (Simple cost containment) See below: "The primary age group recommended for vaccination according to NACI is females aged 9 to 13.

HPV is a sexually transmitted infection, and ideally, the vaccine should be administered to females before they become sexually active in order to ensure maximum benefit. They also recommend the vaccine for females 14 to 26 years of age as there still is the potential for benefit regardless of previous sexual activity, Pap abnormalities, cervical cancer, anogenital warts or a known HPV infection. The vaccine is not recommended for pregnant women, females under nine years of age, or males.

Although no recommendations were made for women older than 26 years, its use can be considered in individual circumstances. " From phac-aspc.gc.ca/std-mts/hpv-vph/hpv-vph-... .

They figure you probably already have HPV if you're going to get it at all Any vaccine comes with a potential risk. The risk may be small, but it's there. Gardasil was linked in rare cases to appendicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, and asthma.

There are somewhat more common side effects which were less severe, but still unpleasant (swelling, diarrhea, insomnia). The scariest problems were probably unrelated things that popped up during the tests, but they can't be 100% certain, so they do a cost/benefit analysis and figure that there's some age by which if you haven't had it, the benefits aren't worth the risks You'd think that preventing HPV and the possible cancers that stem from it would be pretty high benefit, but if you haven't been vaccinated by 26, the odds are pretty good that you either have HPV already, or that you're going to have relatively few new sex partners (e.g. You're married or at least settled down a bit from your early 20s). Either way, the HPV vaccine wouldn't do you much good: it doesn't cure the disease if you have it, and if you're not having sex with any new people you don't have to worry about getting it.

Young girls (14-19) have a 24.5% chance of having HPV. By 40-49, it's only 25.2%, a trivial marginal risk in all those years.In other words, the odds are that you're going to get it, you've already got it by 19. The numbers are a bit skewed by changing sexual habits; 44.8% of the 20-24 year olds had it, suggesting that the people who are now 40-49 were engaging in less risky behavior when they were that age.

But the overall point remains: if you're going to get it, you've probably got it by 26. Your doctor can still give you Gardasil "off-label" if you're over 26 but might still benefit from it, such as if you test negative for it and are going to have an increasingly active sex life. Sources: jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/297/8... .

Gardasil, the HPV vaccine was not tested using women over age 26 Twenty-six was chosen as the high-end age because the vaccine was tested in women up to that age, and hence the vaccine’s current approval must match the ages that were tested .

I've heard stories of very serious side effects. " "If you were in a long-term monogamous relationship, leading to marriage, would you get the Gardasil (the HPV vaccine)? " "Do you think young girls should receive the vaccine for HPV, the virus associated with cervical cancer?" "Can men get HPV?

And if so, is it the same as in women? " "What side-effects have been reported from Merck's HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine? What percentage?

Sources?

I've heard stories of very serious side effects.

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